How pregnancy affects fooding

You might be wondering what fooding is. Well, this is what my husband calls a "Mandaism". He tells me I have "Manda-speak" which is basically my own vocabulary that has lots of changes to normal words or words I make up. So, fooding, for me, involves deciding what to eat, getting said food, and/or eating said food. It's the whole process of eating hence fooding.

Anyways, pregnancy has affected what I eat and what I want to eat in ways I don't begin to understand. Right now, I hate chicken. It smells disgusting and I don't want to eat it in any form. This is weird for me, as I normally eat chicken 4-5 times a week. I buy boneless, skinless chicken by the 10 to 15 pound batches, then freeze them for a later date. Now, I have massive amounts of chicken in the freezer and no desire to eat it. Meat is good, fish is usually good, even turkey is okay. BUT NO CHICKEN!!

This distresses my husband. He's gotten used to lots of chicken. He likes chicken. It's gotten to the point that he usually orders chicken when we go out to eat. And this man is a hard-core meat and potatoes, put it on the barbeque, gimme a chili-cheese dog kinda guy. He likes meat. But, lately, he misses chicken.

Another weird thing, I love milk now. I drink big glasses of it. And I don't like milk normally. I had surgery when I was three-weeks-old, after I had been upchucking all my formula. In addition, I also developed a slight allergy to milk as a child, which I outgrew. I think these two things led me to a lack of desire to ever have milk. Now, my body craves it. I love milk. Milk tastes good. I think it's weird.

So, pregnancy does weird things to your body, more than just make your stomach, ankles, boobs, butt, etc. bigger. And so, I digress.

The Hat, World Famous Pastrami

Mmmm, The Hat. This wonderful small chain has been around for 56 years now, serving up it's sumptuous and juicy pastrami sandwiches. The sandwich starts with a nice soft roll, with a slightly crisp outside. It is dipped in the juices of the pastrami meat, then mustard and pickles are added. Finally, an abundance of pastrami is added.

I would highly recommend that, unless your a 6'5", 300 lb. linebacker, that you share one with someone you love. Make sure you also order up some chili fries. The fries are nice and crisp, which stand up nicely to the chili and cheese. The chili sauce is thick and tasty. Each order is also dished up with a healthy dose of cheese. But, again, beware! Each order is HUGE!!!

If you are worried about cholesterol or fat content, this is not the place to go. As for all you fools who are madly in love with In-n-Out, take my advice, find a Hat location near you instead. Check out their website at www.thehat.com

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Welcome to The Spork Report, where I will report on my thoughts and feelings on restaurants that I have recently visited. My reviews will be for only independent or small chain restaurants, no mega-chains. Since I live in Southern California, these reviews will be primarily from that area, though I will review any restaurants I may go to when on vacation. I may also reminisce on a restaurant that I once visited, as some of them are quite memorable. Finally, each will be graded using my Spork Grading scale. 

Why sporks, you ask? Because this amazing piece of cutlery is by far, the most superior of all kitchen utensils. What more can you ask for? A spoon and a fork, all in one!!! It's a fantastic feat of engineering. We should all applaude Samuel W. Francis for creating the spork!!!! Oh, how I wait for the day when silverware sets come with sporks. One can dream...